F. Animal Science Flashcards
Which does not belong to the group?
A. Yorkshire
C. Berkshire
B. Hampshire
D. Ayshire
D. Ayshire
This breed is black with white band around the heart girth including the front legs.
A. Duroc
C. Hampshire
B. Landrace
D. Yorkshire
C. Hampshire
This breed is black colored with six white points, at the forehead, the forelegs and switch.
A. Berkshire
C. Hampshire
B. Duroc
D. Yorkshire
A. Berkshire
The purebred known to be the “longest breed” among purebred.
A. Large white
C. Landrace
B. Doruc
D. Pietrain
C. Landrace
This swine in known to be the “red power” among purebred hogs.
A. Hampshire
C. Landrace
B. Doruc
D. Pietrain
B. Doruc
The swine is known to be the “belted white” among purebred hogs.
A. Large white
C. Landrace
B. Duroc
D. Hampshire
D. Hampshire
This swine is known to be the “mother breed” among purebred hogs.
A. Large white
C. Landrace
B. Doruc
D. Pietrain
A. Large white
This is known to be the “muscle pigs” among purebred hogs.
A. Hampshire
C. Landrace
B. Doruc
D. Pietrain
D. Pietrain
This breed has a major defect on its hind legs particularly the pastern
A. Duroc
C. Large white
B. Landrace
D. Pietrain
B. Landrace
The ears of its kind are medium and pointing upward.
A. Duroc
C. Large white
B. Landrace
D. Nieuw Dalland
C. Large white
This breed has a characteristic 50% black and 50% white colored body with good mothering ability.
A. Berkshire
C. Spotted Poland
B. Hampshire
D. Yorkshire
C. Spotted Poland
Duroc is a breed of
A. Beef cattle
C. Goat
B. Dairy cattle
D. Swine
D. Swine
The mating of animals having diverse genotypes or genetic composition.
A. Hybridization
C. Pure breeding
B. Outbreeding
D. Inbreeding
A. Hybridization
It refers to a group of animals that has specific traits or characteristics in common and mating within the breed produces progeny that maintains the same set of characteristics.
A. Species
C. Breed
B. Strain
D. Hybrid
C. Breed
A system of breeding recommended in the production of slaughter pigs to take advantage of heterosis.
A. Pure breeding
C. Upgrading
B. Inbreeding
D. Crossbreeding
D. Crossbreeding
Mating of two individual animal that are related to each other.
A. Breeding
C. Upgrading
B. Cross breeding
D. Inbreeding
D. Inbreeding
What type of breeding is applied when a native doe is mated with an Anglo-Nubian buck?
A. Backcrossing
C. Upgrading
B. Line breeding
D. Inbreeding
C. Upgrading
Crossing the first generation with a male belonging to each parent breeds alternatively is
A. Crossbreeding
C. Back cross
B. Criss-cross
D. Inbreeding
B. Criss-cross
Breeding of cousin to, the cousin.
A. Cross breeding
C. Up breeding
B. Line breeding
D. Close breeding
B. Line breeding
The method of crossing wherein the first-generation crosses are mated with their parents.
A. Crossbreeding
C. Back cross
B. Criss-cross
D. Upgrade
C. Back cross
The hybridization process of mating the animals belonging to different breeds or strain.
A. Crossbreeding
C. Pure breeding
B. Inbreeding
D. Upgrading
A. Crossbreeding
The mating of animals in a lesser degree than close breeding like between cousins, half-brother to half-sister, grandparents to grandchildren or vice versa.
A. Crossbreeding
C. Line breeding
B. Inbreeding
D. Triple crossing
C. Line breeding
A phenomenon wherein the offspring will perform better than their parents.
A. Heterosis
C. Mutation
B. Outbreeding
D. Libido
A. Heterosis
The scientific name of goat is
A. Carpa hircus
C. Carpa hercus
B. Capra hircus
D. Capra hercus
B. Capra hircus
A group of birds developed in the same broad geographical area.
A. Type
C. Breed
B. Strain
D. Class
D. Class
In chicken, these are red, pedulous growth of flesh at either side of the base of the break and upper
throat.
A. Comb
C. Curancles
B. Snood
D. Wattles
D. Wattles
The act of giving birth to a litter of pigs.
A. Flushing
C. Crushing
B. Farrowing
D. Gestating
B. Farrowing
Ad libitum means
A. Limited feeding
C. Restricted feeding
B. Unlimited feeding
D. Unrestricted feeding
B. Unlimited feeding
Humped cattle usually found in tropical countries.
A. Bos taurus
C. Bos bulalis
B. Bos indicus
D. Bos aries
B. Bos indicus
The scientific name for pigeon.
A. Columbia livia
C. Gallus gallus
B. Anser domesticus D. Numida meleagris
A. Columbia livia
The surgical operation during which the primary sex organs are removed.
A. Artificial insemination
C. Vasectomy
B. Slaughtering
D. Castration
D. Castration
A term that is used to explain the fact that the hybrids or crossbreed are usually better and more vigorous
than their parents.
A. Heterosis or hybrid vigor
C. Heserosis or hybrid superiority
B. Halitosis or hybrid superiority
D. Hesterosis or hybrid vigor
A. Heterosis or hybrid vigor
The milk produced in the first few days after parturition.
A. Colostrum
C. Fresh milk
B. Filled milk
D. Mastitis
A. Colostrum
Duck known as the “Pateros Duck” and mainly raised for “balut” production.
A. Philippine duck
C. Khaki Campbell
B. Tsaiya
D. Philippine Mallard
D. Philippine Mallard
Turkey is scientifically known as
A. Anas platyrhynchos
C. Gallus gallus domesticus
B. Coturnix coturnix japonica
D. Meleagris gallopavo
D. Meleagris gallopavo
The process of removing the testes from young males to promote meat quality for market birds.
A. Spaying
C. Dubbing
B. Castration
D. Caponizing
D. Caponizing
Which part of the chicken’s oviduct where the egg stays longest?
A. Uterus
C. Isthmus
B. Vagina
D. Magnum
A. Uterus
Buffalo with chevron at the ventral side of the neck.
A. Dairy buffalo
C. Swamp buffalo
B. Riverine buffalo
D. Murrah buffalo
C. Swamp buffalo
The removal of a part of the comb of day-old chicks.
A. Clipping
C. Spaying
B. Dubbing
D. Debeaking
B. Dubbing
This is a protective mechanism of animals against profound cooling.
A. Hibernation
C. Estivation
B. Panting
D. Chilling
A. Hibernation
Term applied to sow from weaning until subsequent breeding.
A. Gestating sow
C. Lactating sow
B. Dry sow
D. Both B & C
B. Dry sow
A term given to piglets after their separation from the dam.
A. Weanlings
C. Finishers
B. Growers
D. Growing-finishing hogs
A. Weanlings
A collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic services to man and can refer also to dressed carcass of fowls.
A. Poultry
C. Chicken
B. Broilers
D. Avian
A. Poultry
It refers to the provision of care especially heat and lighting to chicks beginning from the time of hatching
until they no longer need it
A. Vaccination
C. Breeding
B. Brooding
D. Rearing
B. Brooding
The act of egg laying.
A. Ovulation
C. Deposition
B. Oviposition
D. Incubation
B. Oviposition
It is the process of the union of the sperm and the egg to form a zygote which develops as a new
individual.
A. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
B. Gametogenesis
D. Mitosis
A. Fertilization
It is the process of producing the reproductive cells.
A. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
B. Gametogenesis
D. Mitosis
B. Gametogenesis
It is a process by which the germinal cells divide to produce haploid cells each carrying only one-half of the genetic complement of the individual.
A. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
B. Gametogenesis
D. Mitosis
C. Meiosis
It is the process of duplication and distribution of chromosomes, the structures that carry the genetic information.
A. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
B. Gametogenesis
D. Mitosis
D. Mitosis
A provision placed at the entrance of the building where all entering person should step on to prevent introduction of possible disease-causing organisms into the farm.
A. Wheel bath
C. Foot bath
B. Dipping bath
D. Foot SPA
C. Foot bath
The average gestation period in the sow is
A. 114 days
C. 283 days
B. 148 days
D. 316 days
A. 114 days
An egg takes ____ hours to be formed from ovulation to oviposition.
A. 28
C. 30
B. 25.5
D. 29
B. 25.5 hours
Incubation period for chicken egg.
A. 18 days
C. 24 days
B. 21 days
D. 42 days
B. 21 days
Average incubation period for goose egg.
A. 18 days
C. 28-32 days
B. 33-35 days
D. 27 days
C. 28-32 days
Average incubation period for ostrich egg.
A. 42 days
C. 28-32 days
B. 33-35 days
D. 27 days
A. 42 days
The time or period between breeding and farrowing.
A. Lactation
C. Ovulation
B. Gestation
D. Parturition
B. Gestation
The time from farrowing until weaning.
A. Lactation
C. Ovulation
B. Gestation
D. Parturition
A. Lactation
Animals which feed on both plants and others animals are called
A. Hervibores
C. Omnivores
B. Carnibores
D. None of these
C. Omnivores
The incubation period of quails.
A. 16-18 days
C. 30-34 days
B. 26-28 days
D. 20-24 days
A. 16-18 days
The scientific name of horse is
A. Equus caballos
C. Equus asinus
B. Bos taurus
D. Bos indicus
A. Equus caballos
The unit of heredity, variation, sex determination and related phenomena:
A. Plasma
C. Gene
B. Protein
D. Cell
C. Gene
The scientific name of quail is
A. Gallius gallus
C. Anser domesticus
B. Columba livia
D. Coturnix coturnix
D. Coturnix coturnix
Among the following animals, which is the one that can perceive many colors of the light spectrum.
A. Cattle
C. Goat
B. Sheep
D. Swine
D. Swine
It is the environmentally and genetically determined observable appearance of an organism; the expression of genes which can be measured by our senses. What we see in an animal for some trait.
A. Genotype
C. Generation
B. Phenotype
D. Pedigree
B. Phenotype
Period during which the reproductive organs first become functional.
A. Heredity
C. Adulthood
B. Puberty
D. Maturity
B. Puberty
Meat that is derived from cattle that is less than one year old, or meat from calf.
A. Hot meat
C. Veal
B. Venison
D. Mutton
C. Veal
Mature female sheep that has already lambed:
A. Ewe
C. Doe
B. Calf
D. Mare
A. Ewe
Male carabao castrated at old age:
A. Cara-stag
C. Colt
B. Cara-steer
D. Stag
A. Cara-stag
Act of parturition in carabao?
A. Calving
C. Farrowing
B. Kidding
D. Breeding
A. Calving
Act of parturition in goat?
A. Calving
C. Farrowing
B. Kidding
D. Breeding
B. Kidding
Young female horse
A. Filly
C. Heifer
B. Colt
D. Calf
A. Filly
Glands that secrete chemical mediators called hormones that regulate growth and development, metabolism, reproduction, stress responses, body and tissue fluid, and electrolyte balance.
A. Mammary glands
C. Resistive glands
B. Endocrine glands
D. Maturity glands
B. Endocrine glands
The pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period; also, the accumulation of materials used for bedding of farm animals.
A. Trash
C. Pool
B. Litter
D. Crib
B. Litter
The period from conception to birth of the young.
A. Mastication
C. Fecundation
B. Lactation
D. Gestation
D. Gestation
Impregnation or fertilization.
A. Mastication
C. Fecundation
B. Lactation
D. Gestation
C. Fecundation
The hormone that causes ovulation of the reproductive tract in birds is called.
A. Luteinizing hormone
C. Mammary hormone
B. Growth hormone
D. Gestation hormone
A. Luteinizing hormone
It is the series of processes by which an organism takes in and assimilates food for promoting growth and replacing worn-out or injured tissues:
A. Digestion
C. Lactation
B. Metabolism
D. Nutrition
D. Nutrition
A habit of some fowls of picking at or eating other fowls:
A. Cannibalism
C. Mating
B. Curing
D. Underpinning
a. cannibalism
Metabolic process by which complex substances are converted by living cells into more simple compounds:
A. Catabolism
C. Homogenism
B. Anabolism
D. Metabolism
A. Catabolism
Scientific name of pullet.
A. Gallus gallus
C. Cairina moschata
B. Anas platyrhynchus
D. Columbia livia
A. Gallus gallus
Combination of anabolic and catabolic reactions occurring in the body with the liberation of energy. It involves all the chemical reactions performed by the cells to use the basic units of the nutrients for their specific functions.
A. Nutrition
C. Metabolism
B. Excretion
D. Digestion
C. Metabolism
Complex protein produced in living cells that causes changes in other substances within the body without being changed itself (organic catalyst):
A. Enzymes
C. Genes
B. Plasma
D. Protein
A. Enzymes
The process of providing oxygen to the cells of the body and removing carbon dioxide from them:
A. Digestion
C. Excretion
B. Respiration
D. Perspiration
B. Respiration
To inoculate with a mildly toxic preparation of bacteria or a virus of specific disease to prevent or lessen the effects of that disease:
A. Culling
C. Fecundation
B. Vaccination
D. Parturition
B. Vaccination
The scientific name for Oriental Cattle:
A. Bos taurus
C. Bubalus bubalis
B. Bos indicus
D. Sus scrofa
B. Bos indicus
The term applied for the carcass or carcass parts coming from animals sufficiently mature and healthy:
A. Meat
C. Hide
B. Milk
D. Organ
A. Meat
The term applied for the meat of a goat:
A. Cara-beef
C. Mutton
B. Veal
D. Chevon
D. Chevon
Meat that has not undergone any substantial change from the time of slaughter:
A. Meat-by-product
C. Fresh meat
B. Hot meat
D. Hot boned meat
C. Fresh meat
Term used for meats coming from an illegal source:
A. Meat-by-product
C. Corned meat
B. Hot meat
D. Hot boned meat
B. Hot meat
The removal of the testicles whether by surgical or chemical means:
A. Oviposition
C. Unsoundness
B. Kidding
D. Caponization
D. Caponization
Dried milk obtained by evaporating the moisture from milk solids:
A. Certified milk
C. Powder milk
B. Condensed milk
D. Filled milk
C. Powder milk
Term applied for slaughtering an animal which is already dead of some causes prior to slaughter:
A. Flaying
C. Fabrication
B. Cold slaughter
D. Curing
B. Cold slaughter
The term applied for the meat of a young sheep:
A. Pork
C. Mutton
B. Lamb
D. Chevon
B. Lamb
Concentrated milk to which sugar has been added. It has 27 percent water, 8.1 percent protein, 54.8 percent lactose, and 1.7 percent mineral:
A. Certified milk
C. Powder milk
B. Condensed milk
D. Filled milk
B. Condensed milk
It is a process of destroying most disease-producing microorganisms and limiting fermentation in milk subjected to heating for a definite time at a definite temperature and thereafter cooling it immediately:
A. Evaporation
C. Pasteurization
B. Fabrication
D. Homogenization
C. Pasteurization
A group of animals, which possesses certain characteristics that are common to individuals within that group of animals within the same species:
A. Breed
C. Spray
B. Family
D. Gait
A. Breed
Act of giving birth in swine:
A. Kidding
C. Calving
B. Farrowing
D. Breeding
B. Farrowing
Mature male horse for breeding:
A. Stud horse
C. Colt
B. Cara-steer
D. Stag
A. Stud horse
Male ox castrated while young:
A. Steer of bullock
C. Colt
B. Bull calf
D. Bull
A. Steer of bullock
